Chris Andersen, Shane Battier, and Roger Mason Jr., who the team says is experiencing some soreness, also sat out.

James practically had to play, after using social media earlier in the day to welcome the Chiefs players in attendance.

LeBron's first shot was a 3-pointer that hit the side of the backboard.

It got better from there.

James was emotional before the game when discussing the death of Adrian Petersen's two-year-old son in an apparent domestic-abuse incident.

"I don't know the guy that did it, but there's nothing a two-year-old kid could say or do or harm any grown up that could make them do that," he said. "So there's a lot of hurt, a lot of anger and it's messed up."